Double Dragon - Xbox Live Arcade review

Enter the dragons - the old-school, arcade classic dragons

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Pros

It's Double Dragon

Shiny new graphics

Online multiplayer

Cons

Game-halting bugs

Slow

plodding game play

That you're out 5 bucks

The streak is officially over. The Xbox Live Arcade has enjoyed at least one awesome new game each week for the previous months, turning what had been a rather hit or miss service into something special; especially considering the relatively new competition from the likes of Nintendo%26rsquo;s Virtual Console and Sony%26rsquo;s PlayStation Network downloadable games services.

Enter the ultimate Live Arcade buzzkill %26ndash; Double Dragon.

Taken on its own merits, an arcade-perfect version of Double Dragon really wouldn%26rsquo;t have stood the test of time, even without the issues present in the Live Arcade version. This ancient quarter-muncher is just too short, too slow, and far too tame to be exciting in today%26rsquo;s market. Even as a two-player game, it doesn%26rsquo;t offer the same level of excitement as another recent Live Arcade beat-em-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.